The ex spent $600 to buy the jalopy, had to hire a lawyer and make the $1600 down-payment for the settlement.
The agreement to settle the case for $4,470 had a bit of creative financing behind it. Preveau agreed to pay the $1,600 down payment necessary to initiate a payment plan, and Fitzgerald is required to make monthly payments of $78 for three years.
"She couldn't afford a down payment, so he paid the down payment," Omahana said. "He was dragged kicking and screaming into paying anything."
"When that's completed she can get her driver's license back and move on," Drew said.
Preveau's attorney, Matthew Prengaman, said his client is relieved the ordeal is over.
"I think he's glad to have it behind him,"
The city agreed to reduce the total fines to $4,470 under a deal reached recently.
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Prengaman said. "I don't think he was happy about having to pay. But he sees the logic behind settling the case."
Expensive revenge!